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24 Questions for Advent: Four
"Why when there're so many of us are there people still alone?" - Tracy Chapman, Why? The ultimate irony of the development of...
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Dan
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
24 Questions for Advent: Three
Album cover for Tribal Opera, by Ideola (Mark Heard) "What's the worth of one warm smile?" Mark Heard, Go Ask the Dead Man, Tribal Opera...
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Dan
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
24 Questions for Advent: Two
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?" - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring...
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Dan
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
24 Questions for Advent: One
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” - Mary Oliver, The Summer Day As I read this line, one that I...
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Dan
- Aug 11, 2021
- 5 min
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Arnolfini Wedding, detail, from Art in the Christian Tradition I began this blog a few years ago, with the...
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Dan
- Jun 19, 2021
- 4 min
For Juneteenth: A Freedman's Letter to His Old Master
This is from an article by Tod Perry of GOOD on 11-3-2017 (https://www.good.is/articles/jordan-andersons-legendary-clapback) In 1825, at...
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Dan
- Jan 20, 2021
- 3 min
The Hill We Climb
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman shared these poignant words at Biden's inauguration. When day comes, we ask ourselves, where...
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Dan
- Dec 5, 2020
- 3 min
Let's Pretend
The following was a chapter of a radio series by Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, that was later compiled into the book Mere Christianity....
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Dan
- Oct 16, 2020
- 1 min
Why Do I Have to Change the World?
“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away... and...
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Dan
- Sep 16, 2020
- 4 min
I Stand By The Door
Artist's Mother Opening a Door, Édouard Vuillard, 1891 Samuel Moor Shoemaker III, DD, STD (1893–1963) was a priest of the Episcopal...
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Dan
- Aug 21, 2020
- 8 min
Conversations in a Porch
A thoughtful essay from Arsenio Rodriguez in the Wall Street International Magazine, https://wsimag.com/feature/62082-conversations-in-a...
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Dan
- Aug 2, 2020
- 2 min
If These Walls Could Speak
"If These Walls Could Speak" by Dan Oberg, artist's footprints, watercolor & ink pen, 2020 I had the privilege of participating in an...
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Dan
- Jun 21, 2020
- 5 min
I Love a Child, but She is Afraid of Me
This is a short story that I first read years ago by Walt Wangerin. I was immediately struck by the brutal honesty of the piece,...
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Dan
- Jun 16, 2020
- 2 min
"That's All I Want"
Contemporary Justice and Child, Symeon Shimin, 1940 Great Hall, Dept. Of Justice, Washington DC People hate this kind of talk. Raw...
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Dan
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
Lukewarm Acceptance
First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the...
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